Opticstar PL-131 series. © Opticstar Ltd, 2021.
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Updated: 07/09/2021
Selecting the Camera in PHD Guiding
Select the PL-131 camera (selectable as PL-130) by
clicking on the camera icon, on the bottom left hand
corner of the PHD Guiding panel. please select
“
Opticstar PL-130C”
or
“
Opticstar PL-130M
”.
Longer exposure times increase the camera’s light
sensitivity.
Shoestring GPUSB
Plug the Shoestring device into a USB port. The red LED on the GPUSB should light
immediately. A “
Found New Hardware
” balloon will pop up on your monitor. Wait a
few moments and the text in the balloon should change to say “
Your new hardware is
installed and ready to use
”.
Once you have completed the initial installation, you may want to verify that the GPUSB is
working properly before you begin to use it with your auto-guide software. To do this, you can
copy and install
GPUSBCheck_1p1p0_setup.exe
from the
Shoestring\GPUSB
folder on the
supplied CD, e.g.:
D:\Shoestring\GPUSB\ GPUSBCheck_1p1p0_setup.exe
.
This simple software allows you to turn the LED on
and off, change the colour of the LED from red to
green, and to control the directional movement of your
scope mount.
It is intended to allow you to verify that everything is
working properly. Should you have trouble getting your
third-party auto-guide software to work; using
GPUSBCheck
will also allow you to troubleshoot your
setup.
In
other
words,
if
everything
works
with
GPUSBCheck
, then your problem most likely is with
your third-party software.
